Political relations
The year 2025 marked the 70th anniversary of the friendship between the peoples of Serbia and China.
Bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries are steadily advancing, while the comprehensive strategic partnership is continuously reaffirmed through highly developed and substantive political dialogue and exchanges of visits at the highest and high political levels.
The Republic of Serbia attaches great importance to cooperation with the People’s Republic of China within the framework of the China–Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation mechanism, as well as through the Belt and Road Initiative.
The first official state visit to the People’s Republic of China by the then President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, took place in May 2026. During the visit, 35 bilateral documents were signed, including the Joint Statement on Continuing to Build a Serbia–China Community with a Shared Future in the New Era and the Joint Statement on Jointly Advancing the Implementation of the Four Global Initiatives.
Of particular importance for the advancement of relations between the two countries was the second visit by President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping to the Republic of Serbia, which took place in May 2024. On that occasion, 29 bilateral documents were signed, including the Joint Statement on Deepening and Elevating the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a Serbia–China Community with a Shared Future in the New Era.
The two countries also maintain intensive parliamentary cooperation. The then Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Zhang Dejiang, visited the Republic of Serbia in July 2017, while the then Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Maja Gojković, paid a return visit to the People’s Republic of China in 2017.
Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Đuro Macut led the Serbian delegation to the Eighth China International Import Expo (CIIE), held in Shanghai in November 2025.
The then Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, paid an official visit to the Republic of Serbia in December 2014, when he also participated in the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European Countries, held in Belgrade.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Marko Đurić visited the People’s Republic of China in December 2024.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi paid an official visit to the Republic of Serbia in October 2021.
Economic relations
The People's Republic of China is the most important trade partner of the Republic of Serbia in Asia.
According to the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, total trade in goods with the People's Republic of China in 2025 amounted to EUR 8.29 billion, of which exports from the Serbia accounted for EUR 1.87 billion, while imports amounted to EUR 6.42 billion.
In 2022, the People's Republic of China was the second most important foreign trade partner of the Republic of Serbia, and this year the historical maximum of our exports to the People's Republic of China was achieved.
The two countries realize very good project cooperation in the field of infrastructure and energy. From amongst the most important projects, we would like to single out the Pupin's Bridge (Zemun−Borča), the construction of the Miloš Veliki highway sections, reconstruction of the Kostolac Thermal Power Plant and the like.
The largest Chinese investors in the Republic of Serbia are the Zijin Company that invested in the RTB Bor in 2018 and the Hestil Company that acquired the Ironworks Smederevo in 2016.
Moreover, there has been a significant investment of the Shandong Linglong Company in the construction of a tire factory in Zrenjanin in 2019. In November 2019, the Chinese factory for the production of components for car interiors Yanfeng Automotive Interiors was opened in Kragujevac. Within the mechanism of cooperation between China and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the realization of the trilateral Project of modernization and reconstruction of the railway track Belgrade –Budapest (between the Republic of Serbia, the People's Republic of China and Hungary) is underway.
During the visit of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić to Beijing in mid-October 2023, among others, the Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the People's Republic of China was signed.
Bilateral agreements
- Framework Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, signed on 20 August 2009;
- Joint Statement of the Republic of Serbia and the People’s Republic of China on Deepening the Strategic Partnership, signed on 26 August 2013;
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Mutual Establishment of Cultural Centres, signed on 17 December 2014 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia – International Treaties No. 14/15 of 8 July 2015);
- Joint Statement of the Republic of Serbia and the People’s Republic of China on Establishing a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, signed on 18 June 2016;
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Abolition of Visas for Holders of Ordinary Passports, signed on 5 November 2016 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia – International Treaties No. 11/16 of 28 December 2016);
- Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia on Deepening and Elevating the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a China–Serbia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era, signed on 8 May 2024;
- Joint Statement of the Republic of Serbia and the People’s Republic of China on Continuing to Build a Serbia–China Community with a Shared Future in the New Era, signed on 25 May 2026;
- Joint Statement of the Republic of Serbia and the People’s Republic of China on Jointly Advancing the Implementation of the Four Global Initiatives, signed on 25 May 2026.
Contact information
The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Beijing (China): https://beijing.mfa.gov.rs/.
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Belgrade (Serbia): http://rs.chineseembassy.org/srp/.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Telephone: 00 381 (0) 11 30 68 345; mfa@mfa.rs